英國首相布萊爾在位十年後，五月十日終於正式宣布，將於六月廿七日下台。各大新聞媒體均大幅報導，詳述這位政治人物的歷史遺業和功過。紐約時報、華盛頓郵報和ＢＢＣ第一時間以「布萊爾說，他將在六二七離職」入題，Blair Says He Will Leave Office on June 27 （紐約時報）；Blair will stand down on 27 June（ＢＢＣ）；華盛頓郵報大題是Britain's Blair Announces His Resignation，副題則點出他長期擔任工黨領袖 Long-Serving Labor Party Leader to Step Down on June 27。ＣＮＮ則引述布萊爾的一句話：「我的政治生涯已經結束」為題Blair:My political journey is over。倫敦每日郵報則選另一句：我為任內敗筆感到抱歉 Blair: Sorry for the times I failed。每日電訊報則引述他的話說：「對我和英國，十年已經夠久了」Ten years is enough for me and for Britain。

至於布萊爾的功過，ＣＮＮ、洛杉磯時報及華盛頓郵報都點出，擁抱布希和伊拉克戰爭對布萊爾的歷史功過可能是負債。ＣＮＮ說，伊拉克和醜聞是布萊爾遺業的陰影Iraq, scandal cloud Blair's legacy；洛杉磯時報也大同小異說：Iraq looms large in Tony Blair's legacy；華盛頓郵報則說：For Blair, a Legacy Overshadowed／Briton's Decade of Achievements Dimmed by Embrace of Bush and Iraq War。紐約時報則語帶惋惜的說，布萊爾是一位從來沒有找到自己舞台的演員（A Player Who Never Found His Stage ）。英國每日電訊報也說：布萊爾最後一幕有如悲劇英雄（Blair plays his final act as the tragic hero）。